Specialisations within the EU’s non-financial services sector

The EU-27 non-financial services sector employed approximately 79 million persons, close to two thirds of the non-financial business economy's workforce. The non-financial services sector as a whole is characterised by a predominance of small enterprises, although large enterprises generated a proportionately large share of value added within the air transport and post and telecommunications subsectors. The non-financial services sector's turnover in the EU-27 increased on average by 5.3 % per annum between 2000 and 2007, while employment grew by 1.9 % per annum. At the NACE division level, the fastest turnover growth between 2000 and 2008 was observed for the EU-27 water transport sector, while the weakest growth was recorded for hotels and restaurants.